Mold Bath

Beating yourself up mentally is never a good thing. Also, life gets hectic quite often when you have a toddler and a husband. Yet still, I cannot get over the disgust I felt when I think about the bath mat I lay in the bottom of the tub every night when my son takes his bath.

Granted, we have had this mat about a year, but it gave us signs before. After a couple months of use I would find tiny dark spots on the top of it and I knew it was time to give it a bleach bath, which always cured the problem. I know I have checked the bottom of it as well during those times, and I never noticed anything too bad. Tonight however, something prompted me to turn the mat over (even though there were no tiny dots on the top) and I found a horrifying display of mold growing underneath it, in and around the suction cups.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am clean freak. What they do not know is how much I freak out over mold. I worry too much about all the sickness that can come from it. I even throw out all my sons bath toys the moment they get moldy. Honestly, it's a fear I don't look to rid myself of. I like having this fear, my family stays clean and healthy this way.

I promptly gave it a strong bleach bath and cleared the problem up. It was also time to scrub down the tub anyway to get rid of the soap scum and grim that accumulates every month in our old shower. I look back at my tub now, proud, that it is entirely cleaned and bacteria free. This is the best time of month for me.

I did learn though, that instead of hanging the mat over the side of the tub, suction cups down, I should hang it suction cups up and allow more air to pass through it. This I will remember to do to prevent any further nightmares of bathing my son with such filth and disgust.

As much as I endorse going as green as possible, I always say, "Buy BLEACH people!" it is the one nasty chemical product I cannot live without. And I keep it high up and far away from my sons reach.


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